Area 51 border and warning sign stating that

Area 51 is a military base, and a remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base. It is located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western United States, 83 miles (133 km) north-northwest of downtown Las Vegas. mds communications Located in the center, on the southern shore of Groom Lake, is a large military airfield. The main objective is to support the development Base and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons systems. [1] [2]
Basic is located in the United States Air Force's vast Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), formerly called the Nellis Air Force Range (NAFR). Although the facilities at the range are managed by the 99th Air Base Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, the Groom facility appears to be run as an adjunct of the Air Force flight Test Center (AFFTC) at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert, about 186 miles (300 km) southwest of Groom , and thus the base is known as Air Force Flight Test Center (Detachment 3). [3] [4]
Although the name Area 51 is used in official CIA documentation, mds communications [5] other names used for the facility include Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, [6] [7] Home Base, Watertown Strip, Groom Lake, [8] and the most recent Homey Airport. [9] The area is part of the Nellis Military Operations Area, and the restricted airspace around the field is referred to as (R-4808N), [10] which is known by the military pilots in the area as "The Box" or "Container". [11]
This facility is not a conventional airbase, as frontline operational units are usually not placed there. Turned out to be used for highly classified military / defense Special Access Program (SAP), which is not publicly mds communications acknowledged by the government, military personnel, and defense contractors. Its mission might be to support the development, testing, and training phases for new weapons systems aircraft or research project. Once the project has been approved by the United States Air Force or other agencies such as the CIA, and ready to be released to the public, aircraft operations are then transferred to a normal air force base. Intense secrecy surrounding the base, the very existence of the US government does not even recognize until July 14, 2003, [12] has made it a frequent subject of conspiracy mds communications theories and a central component to unidentified flying object (UFO) folklore. [7] [13]
The federal government explicitly recognizes (in a court filing various government directives) that the USAF has "operating location" near Groom Lake, but did not provide further information.
Unlike much of the Nellis range, the area around the lake is permanently off-limits both to civilian air traffic and military normal. Radar station to protect the area, and unauthorized personnel quickly expelled. Even military pilots training in risk NAFR disciplinary action if they strayed into the "box" surrounding Groom exclusive airspace it. [13] [14]
Area 51 border and warning sign stating that "photography is prohibited" and that "the use of deadly force is authorized" under the provisions of the 1950 Act of the McCarran Internal Security. A government vehicle is parked on a hill top, from there, mds communications security agents observe the approach to Groom Lake.
Perimeter mds communications security is provided by uniformed private security guards working for EG & G's mds communications security subcontractor's Wackenhut, [15] who patrol in Humvees, SUVs, and pickup mds communications trucks. The guards are armed with M16s, but no violent encounter mds communications with Area 51 observers have been reported, but the guards generally follow visitors near the perimeter and radio for the Lincoln County Sheriff. Deadly force is authorized if violators who attempt to violate the secured area fail to heed warnings to stop. Fined about $ 600 seems to be the normal action, although some visitors and journalists received a report follow-up visits from FBI agents. Some observers have been detained on public land to show the camera equipment at the base. Surveillance equipped with a motion sensor using buried. [16]
Basic does not appear on public US government maps; [17]. USGS topographic maps for the area just displays Groom Mine long-former [18] A civil aviation chart published by the Nevada Department mds communications of Transportation shows a large restricted area, [19] but defines it as part of the Nellis restricted airspace. Official flight navigational charts to show the Groom Lake area but omit the airport facilities. [20] Similarly the National Atlas page showing mds communications federal mds communications lands in Nevada [21] does not distinguish between the Groom block and other parts of the Nellis range. Although officially declassified, the original mds communications film taken by US Corona spy satellite in the 1960s has been changed before mds communications deklasifikas